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Burgos calmed down, but go up again shouting, "But I haven't committed any crime!" At which point, one of the friars holding him down hissed, "Even Christ was innocent!" Burgos finally gave in to the executioner who broke his neck with one swift and sudden twist of the garrote handle.

Gomburza was not only an inspiration for Rizal but for Bonifacio and many Katipuneros as well.

To the present, the Spanish government has not released the court records of the swift military trial that sent Fathers Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora to the garrote.

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GOMBURZA took its name from Gomez, Burgos and Zamora — the three nationalist priests who were executed on February 17, 1872.

These three Filipino diocesan priests fought for reforms in the Church and the Government.

In the spirit of martyrdom of Fathers Gomez, Burgos and Zamora, GOMBURZA seeks to carry on the struggle for a just, free and prosperous Philippine society according to the ethical imperatives of Catholic Christian Faith.

This was the message of AKBAYAN and Gomburza during their gathering in front of the Philippine Marines’ barracks at Fort Bonifacio.

AKBAYAN symbolically awarded a “People’s Medal of Valor” in absentia to Brigadier General Francisco Gudani and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Balutan for shedding light on events that led to Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s dubious electoral victory in parts of Mindanao last year.

Robert Reyes of Gomburza, along with Thea Harting, a native New Yorker and Task Force Detainees of the Philippines volunteer, prepare to release doves at the anti-war demonstration in front of the US Embassy yesterday.

The universally known symbols for peace were released into the air by convenors of Peace Camp, short for Campaign for Justice and Peace, on Oct.10, three days after the US-led military offensives began in Afghanistan.

Robert Reyes of Gomburza and Datu Hadji Alonto present and discuss the group's unity statement.

This was organized by the National Centennial Commission through its GOMBURZA Anniversary Committee, in cooperation with the National Historical Institute, the Manila Tourism and Cultural Affairs Bureau, the National Parks Development Authority and the Intramuros Administration.

Highlight of the event was the unveiling of a marker at Paco Park Cemetery declaring the park a National Historical Shrine.

This was contained in a resolution by the NHI recognizing the park as the place of interment of national hero Jose Rizal and the GOMBURZA.

It was the same spirit of nationalism that stirred the young minds of then 11-year-old Jose Rizal, 9-year-old Andres Bonifacio, and 8-year-old Apolinario Mabini at the time of the execution by garrote at Bagumbayan Field.

Young as they were when the three priests were executed by the Spanish authorities, Rizal, Bonifacio, and Mabini grew up hearing stories of Gomburza and there are claims that the martyrdom helped mold the political thoughts of the future heroes.

Filled with arrogance, one of the friars said it all: "Even Jesus Christ was innocent." Such is the rich legacy that the Gomburza martyrdom left for future generations of Filipinos to honor, and hold them in respect.

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Reyes and his Gomburza Ultrarunners on his 40-day, 1,196-km advocacy run from Guiuan, Eastern Samar to Kalibo, Aklan, "Takbo ng Buhay," the only female in the group.

As a tie-up with the Department of Education, which is sponsoring Rojas and her team in some places along the route, Rojas will make stops to speak to public school children about pursuing one's dreams and the values of education, sports and a clean, healthy lifestyle.

She is also supported by Adidas, Akbayan, Cebu Pacific, Globe, Gomburza, her alma mater St. Scholastica's College, and the Sunday Inquirer Magazine.

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The Spanish put this down by executing three Filipino priests: Burgos, Gomez, and Zamora (see Gomburza).

Historians generally agree that this execution marks the start of the Philippine Revolutionary Period.

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Reyes was joined in his run by GOMBURZA, an anti-traditional politician and political dynasty advocacy group, and the fledgling Las Piñas Against Political Dynasty (LAPAD), which mustered some 1,000 participants in their march through major thoroughfares in Las Piñas last Saturday morning.

Reyes’ run and the accompanying GOMBURZA and LAPAD march stretched from SM Southmall along Alabang-Zapote Road up to the Bamboo Organ Church along Diego Serra street.

In a speech after his run, Reyes warned voters against voting members of a single family into positions of power, saying it breeds unchecked corruption due to the lack of "check and balance".

Historians mark this event as the birth nationalism and the priests are to be ensconced in the shrine of nationalism as the heroes GOMBURZA.

American forces, initially sent to Manila to defeat the Spanish outpost there, became an army of occupation that engaged regular and guerrilla soldiers in a conflict that resulted in 5000 U.S. soldiers killed and inflicted numerous casualties to combatants and civilians.

In 1972, one hundred years after GOMBURZA, the Philippines entered a new phase in its history towards self empowerment and political determination.

Activist priest Raul Enriquez, chairman of the Kapatiran at Luntiang Alay Para sa Kaunlaran ng Bayan or Kaakbay-Quezon, said the demonstrators would also assail the "treacherous political matrimony" of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Cojuangco.

Enriquez, also the spokesperson of Gomburza, a militant group of priests nationwide, said the organization strongly condemned the impeachment.

Lawyer Jun Flores, president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Quezon chapter, said the organization and the judiciary employees would also hold a similar mass action.

Today on the Feast of the Lord of Divine Mercy, as we weep for the passage of a Pope John Paul II, we too weep over the threat of the impending murder of innocent, life-giving trees here in Arroceros Park.

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The infighting continued and reached its peak when Fr.

Jacinto Zamora (called the Gomburza) were executed by civil authorities against Church opposition (Agoncillo, 125).

The execution of the Gomburza set off a massive wave of social discontent that precipitated in the Philippine Revolution.